Fastening for sweat-pads for horse-collars



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FASTENING FOR SWEAT PADS FOR HORSE GOLLARS,

Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

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A. ORTMAYER.

FASTENING FOR SWEAT PADS FOR HORSE GOLLARS.

Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

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Unrrnn States Patent I @nrica ANDREW ORTMAYER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FASTENING FOR SW'EAT-PADS FOR HORSE-(DOLLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,813, dated December 8, 1885 Application filed July 80, 1885.

To all whom it 12mg concern.

Be it known that I, ANDREW ORTMAYER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastenings for Sweat-Pads for Horse-Collars, of which the following, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view or side elevation of a horsecollar having a sweat pad connected thereto by means of my im proved fasteners. Fig. 2 is a detail, the same being a like representation, enlarged, of a portion of the collar and pad, and also showing one of the fasteners. Fig. 3 is a section in the plane of the line or a: of Fig. 1, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrow there shown. Fig. 4 is a detail in perspective, the same showing one of the fasteners upon astill larger scale, and representing its relation to the pad. Fig. 5 is a like view showing a modification of construction. Fig. 6 is a top view of the upper part or end of a horse-collar and pad provided with my improvements; and Fig. 7 is a section in the plane of the line as :r of Fig. 6, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrow there shown.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to means employed for the purpose of connecting sweat-pads detachably to horse-collars; and it consists of certain novel features of construction and arrangement, which will be hereinafter described, and set forth in my claims.

I am aware that various devices have heretofore been employed for the same purpose,

. and I do not, therefore, here intend to claim,

broadly, a fastening of this class, my object being to overcome some of the objectionable features which have heretofore existed.

A represents a horsecollar, and B B are the hames. (J is a sweat-pad. All of these parts may be made and arranged together, as has been heretofore common, my invention not relating particularly thereto, but to the means employed for connecting the sweatpad to the collar, which means I will now proceed to describe.

D is a hook made of wire, its curved or hooked portion being so bent or formed as to clasp the outer or exposed part of the front Serial No. 173,034. (No model.)

roll of the collar, and so as to have a broad bearing thereon, as is clearly indicated in Figs. 2 and at. The ends of the wire of which the hook is made are bent laterally, as indicated at a a, and these lateral extensions serve as journals or pintlesfor the said hook.

E is a piece of leather folded upon itself, and riveted to the pad 0 at or near its front edge or roll, a a representing the rivets. Any suitable means, however, may be employed for fastening the leather E firmly to the pad. Before folding the leather E upon itself and fastening it to the pad I arrange thejournals or pintles a a in the fold, as is clearly indicated in Figs. 4 and 5, thus connecting the hook D to the pad in such a mannor that it will be jointed or hinged thereto so as to be capable of being turned in the fold of the leather E.

In Fig. 5 I have shown one part of the leather E as extending along the under side of the hook, as shown at b, and to retain it approximately in the form of the hook I slit the said part b transversely, thereby forming a loop, I), which passes over the said hook. This extending part may be termed a lining or safe piece.

To apply the pad to the collar it is only necessary to arrange it underneath the collar in the usual manner, first raising the hooks D D and then pushing them downward, so that they will clasp the front roll of the collar, as is clearly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3.

The book, when made of Wire bent in the form shown and described, may be constructed with facility, and is also very simple in its op eration, and is cheap and durable, as well as practical for the purpose for which it is intended. The collar and pad may also be connected and disconnected easily. I desire to state that this construction and manner of applying the hook renders it unnecessary to make it of flexible material. I desire to state, also, that any suitable material may be employed as an equivalent for the leather piece E.

It will be perceived from the foregoing description and from reference to the drawings that it will be impossible for the horses shoulders to come in contact with any unevenness or lumps, or bunches produced by the rivets or fastening employed for connecting the hooks to the pads, and consequently that galls or sores will not be produced thereby. The lining 1) prevents the hook from coming in contact with the collar, and keeps the collar from being cut or injured by the hook.

I desire further to state that, as a feature of my invention, I apply a loop, F, to the upper part of the pad, to aid in securing the pad firmly and properly but detachably to the collar.

It is common to provide horse-collars at their upper ends with a safe-piece, G, one end of which is left free or loose. This safe-piece I slip through the loop F, or the said loop may instead be slipped around or encircle the upper end of the collar, as may be deemed best. In either case the pad and collar, as will be perceived, will be more securely connected than if dependence should be placed only upon the hooks D D.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desircto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination ofa sweatpa-d for horsecollars, thehook D, made of wire and bent or curved, as shown, for clasping the front roll of a horse-collar, and being bent near its ends for forming the laterally-extending arms a a, projecting in opposite directions from the sides of the said hook, respectively, and the leather E, or its equivalent, folded upon itself and over the said extensions, and attached to the said pad, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination of the pad 0, the hook D, made of wire, bent or curved, as shown, for clasping the front roll of a horse collar, and having laterally-extending arms a a, projecting in opposite directions, and the leather E, or other equivalent, folded upon itself and over the said extensions and attached to the said pad, and also extending along underneath the said hook, and having a loop, b, for connecting the said extension or tongue to the said hook, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In combination, a horse collar having thereon a safe-piece, G, and a sweatpad having thereon hooks for clasping the front roll of the collar, and also having a loop, F, applied to the upper part of the pad, the said loop being adapted and arranged to permit the -passage through it of the said safe-piece, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW ORTMAYER. Witnesses:

ADDIE HUSZAGH, GEO. W. UNDERWOOD. 

